Could Covid-19 trigger a mining revolution?
Could Covid-19 start a mining revolution? At the height of the global economic and social disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in early April, GlobalData's analysis showed that more than 1.600 mines had been temporarily shut down worldwide. While companies are still hesitant about the extent to which this has affected production, [...]
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Five battery raw materials should be observed in 2020
Battery commodities should be given special attention in 2020. 2019 was a year largely marked by falling prices and disappointing performance in both the EV (electric vehicle) and consumer electronics sectors, according to research firm Wood Mackenzie on Monday. But interest in electrification shows no signs of diminishing. The value chain of a [...]
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Copper outlook 2020 - the supply will be more difficult
The future copper supply will tend to be limited and future copper production will be dominated by these three mines. Challenges for the future copper supply Last year, the senior research analyst of S&P Global Market Finance and Intelligence published a report that states that over the past ten years mining companies have [...]
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Scientists are searching for clues about climate change in Canada's gold mines
Scientists Search for Clues to Climate Change in Canada's Gold Mines In gold mines near Fairbanks, Alaska, scientists are looking for something precious - and it's not metal. They search layers of ancient sediments for clues as to how the region's climate has changed during times of prehistoric global warming. The proof of this [...]
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China's control over a variety of critical metals is a thorn in the side of the US
According to its constitution, the People's Republic of China is "under the democratic dictatorship of the people" but has been ruled authoritarian by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1949. China has been economically dynamic for many years. On the basis of its reform and opening policy, China developed into an economic and technological superpower beginning in 1978. Of the […]
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Mine strike in Peru, the world's second largest copper and zinc producer
Mine strike in Peru, the world's second largest copper and zinc producer, Peru's National Federation of Mining Workers, is calling for an indefinite strike to protest against the government's planned labor reform, which started slowly on Tuesday. The National Society of Mining, Petroleum, and Energy (SNMPE) called the operation a failure and said that the mines [...]
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Trade war with China: Pentagon wants to secure supply of rare earths
According to an internal report, the Pentagon has examined US mining companies for their production capacities of rare earth metals. This came after Beijing signaled that it wanted to restrict exports of rare earth metals in the trade war with Washington. The U.S. military has asked mining companies to develop plans to develop domestic rare earth mines and processing facilities. This emerges from an exclusive report that [...]
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Successful Chile trip for mining companies
A forum with around 200 participants in Santiago was the highlight of a business trip for German companies that led to Chile from June 29th to July 3rd. The topic of the forum was process optimization in mining: machines, conveyor technology and automation. The German participants had the opportunity to exchange ideas with representatives of Chilean and international mining and [...]
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German raw material: Tekton Energy continues horizontal drilling
Long-term contract for drilling rig signed / Heidelberg / Denver continue to produce very good production rates. Tekton Energy will shortly begin the next phase of its horizontal drilling program. The start of drilling for the first well is scheduled for the week after next. It is planned to drill five successive wells from the Pavistma South drilling site and then connect them. Production from these wells is expected to be in the first [...]
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Riverstone intersects 2,39 g / t gold on 24 meters at Kao
Riverstone intersects 2,39 g / t gold over 24 meters at Kao Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX-V: RVS) (“Riverstone” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of 17 diamond holes on the Company's 100% owned deposit Kao ("Kao"), which is part of the Company's flagship Karma Gold Project (the "Project Karma") in Burkina Faso, West Africa. These holes are part of a [...]
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